Her father, who had to identify his daughter’s body at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS), in Rohtak, on May 12, said: ‘Her body was unrecognizable.’

‘She had over 200 maggots on her body but I picked her up in my arms and put her on a stretcher. It took doctors four hours to remove those maggots from her body.’

Her mother Baed said the suspect had been harassing her for the past year, constantly asking her to marry him despite her refusal.

Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mukesh Kumar, in Rohtak, said: ‘We have arrested the two accused in this case – 25-year-old Sumit and 21-year-old Vikas.’

The two have been arrested under Sections 302 (punishment for murder), 376 A (punishment for rape), 376 D (gang rape) of the Indian Penal Code and the case will be heard in court within the next 90 days.